Cabinet for acoustic devices



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CABINET FOR ACOUSTIC DEVICES Filed Oct. 19. 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 muizIHIIllil'lllllllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-IIIIIIIII w 2 0 0 v ys "0m Feb. 24, 1931. M. NYSTROM 1,794,091

CABINET FOR ACOUSTIC DEVICES Filed Oct. 19, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Feb. 24, 1931. Y M. NYSTROM 1,794,091

CABINEI'FOR ACOUSTIC DEVICES Filed Oct. 19, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Feb. 24, 19s

UNEED srA'r-s PATENT Peres MARTIN NYSTROIVI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY IYIESIIE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

UNITED RESEARCH CORPORATION, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEVI YORK, A CORPO- RATION OF DELAWARE CABINET" FOR ACOUSTIC DEVICES Application'filed' October 19, 1927; Serial No. 227,177.

My invention relates to cabinets and more particularly to cabinets for acoustic devices.

vide a pair of doors, one-carrying an antenna,

which are mounted at the corner of a cabinet to swing on a common axis'through an angle of 270. r r

A further object of the invention is to provide a concealed hinge for a cabinet door which will permit a large angular-movement of the door. 7

Astill' further object of the invention is to provide a movable panel for a cabinet which may be swung outwardly to cause light to fall ona radio set.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a panel of the type described having a bulls eye for indicating when; current is being supplied to a radio set or phonograph within the cabinet.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as the descriptionproceeds.

In the accompanying-drawings forming a part of this specification Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined radio and phonograph cabinet embodying my invention;

' Fig. 2-is a plan view on'an enlarged scale, of a corner of the cabinet shown in Fig. 1, doors being in open position to show the hinge-structure and a wall of a. compartment being broken away to show an antenna;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.2; 1 V

Fig. a is a sectional view taken on the line le-e of Fig. 1, and showing hinge structure and doors in closed position, the doors being broken away; v

i Fig. 5 is avertical sectional view taken on the line 5+5 of Fig. 6 ofv a compartment showing the front doorthereof in open position in dash lines;

' Fig.6 is afront elevational view of the door shownIinFig. 5, and an adjacent portion of thefront of the cabinet;

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a device for securing the aforementioned doors together; an

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view showing'the wiring connections between the pilot light, the radio set and" the electrical phonograph.

A cabinet embodying my invention may be provided with a compartment 1 for aloud speaker, not shown, and a record compartment 2 having a door 3.

, A compartment adjacent to thetrecord compartment receives a drawer containing a radio receiving set 5, above which is a compartment 8 for an electric lamp 7 I A panel 8 for closing the compartment 6 is mounted on a. suitable hinge 8" so that it may be swung to and retained in a partially open position to deflect rays from the electric lamp downwardly'uponthereceiving set.

The cabinet is provided with front doors 9 and 10 and a fixed top 11' may be disposed above the compartmentti, while a hinged top 12 may be arranged above a compartment 12' in which is locatedan electrical phonographic sound receiver 13 indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 8. T

The side of the cabinet adj acent. the radio receiving set compartment is provided with a recess 14 normally occupied by a doorli on which is mounted an antenna 15.

A hinge plate 16 may be set into the top surface of the front door so as tolie flush therewith and may be secured'by screws 17, a hinge plate 18 maybe similarly secured to the side door. When the doors are inv closed position the ends of the hinge plates extend outwardly, as shown particularly in Fig; 4. The front door may be cut away beneath the end of the hinge plate 16 and the hinge plate 18 may have a downward ben'd'19 therein so that its end may lie under the end of the In Fig. 7 a device is illustrated for detach-L ably securing together the doors 9 and 14. This device comprises a spacer 22 carried by the front face of the door 9, an aperture 23 extends through the spacer and the door 9, and receives a latch 24 which has an operating head 25 at one end and a tooth 26 on the other. A fixed pin 27 extends through a slot '28 provided in the latch 24, the latch being adapted to pivot on said pin and also to slide relative thereto. The end of the latch may be inserted into an opening 29 in a plate 30 and a spring 31 may tend to force the latch 24 laterally so its tooth may be held in engagement with theplate 30. In order to disconnect the two doors, the latch 24 may be swung around the pin 27 against the action of the spring 31 and pulled inwardly to bring the tooth 26 past the inwardly extending ledge of the plate 30. i

The doors may be moved separately or together through an angle of 27 0 and providefor convenient adjustment of the position of the antenna. The front door may be swung rearwardly to a position directly along the side of the cabinet when it is desired to conserve room.

The panel 8 is provided with an opening 33 in which may be positioned a sleeve 34, a flange 35 on the sleeve may be securedto the front of the panel. The sleeve 34may be internally screw threaded to receive therein a screw threaded mounting 35 for a translucent bulls eye or window 36 whieh may serve, when the panel is closed, as a means to indicate whether the lamp 7 is on or off. A bracket 38 passing through air-opening in the flange pivotally supports a. ring 39 which serves as a handle for the panel.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the lamp 7, is glowing and the panel is in a partially open position, the light rays from the lamp will be deflected downwardly so as to fall on the receiving set 5 when the drawer is pulled out.

As indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 8, the lamp 7 is so connected to the source of electric energy that it willbe illuminated only when the circuit of the radio receiving set or the electrical phonograph is closed. Switches 40 are provided for opening and closing the circuit. Hence, the lamp has a two-fold function, namely that of throwing a flood of light on the radio set and of acting as ameans for indicating when the current of the radio set V or the electrical phonographis on.

While I have described a preferred'form of my invention in detail, I do not wish to be limited to the exact form shown, for many changes may be made Within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A rectangular cabinet having a door normally disposed along the side of said cabinet, a fixed wooden cabinet portion extending beyond the outer face of said door when in its normal position, a hinge member secured to said door and projecting outwardly beyond the outer face of said door and beyond the end thereof and pivoted at a corner of said cabinet below the lower face of said fixed portion, permitting said door to be swung through an arc of substantially 270 to a position along-an adjacent wall of said cabinet.

2. A cabinet having a front-door, a side door, an antenna on said side door, a hinge member on each of said doors,said hinge members having a common pivot offset from the corner of saidcabinet and permitting move- .ment of eachof saiddoors through an angle of substantially 270. andmeans for'releasably securing said doors together so that they may be moved in unison. i

3. A cabinet having afro'nt door, a side door. an antenna on said side door, a hinge member on each of said doors, said hinge members having a common pivot offset from the corner of the cabinet and permitting movement of each of said doors through an angle of substantially 270 and means including a manually controllable latch for securing said doors together so that they may be moved in unison.

4. A cabinet having a door normally dis- I, posed along a side of said cabinet, a second door normally disposed along an adjacent side of said cabinet, av portion of said cabinet extending overthe'top face of'said-doors, a fiat hinge member for each of said doors secured; to the top face thereof; each of said hinge members having an outwardly directed end supported on a common pivot on said cabinet portionto permit movement of sgid' doors through an arc of substantially 2 0. i

5. A cabinet having a front wall, a drawer movable forwardly and rearwardly through the front of said cabinet,'a radioset insaid drawer, said drawerv being at a height to permit convenient operation of said set by a person seated in front of said cabinet, a door normally extending in front of said cabinet when'said draweris closed, a second door normallyextending along an adjacent side of said cabinet, and an antenna. mounted on said second door and connected to said radio set, said doors being mounted to swing on a'common axis and thus permit said person, when operating said radio set, to move said doors in unison and adjust the position of said antenna.

6. In a cabinet a front wall having an opening therein, a panel mounted to close or open said opening, an electric lamp mounted within said cabinet adjacent said opening, a drawer movable forwardly and rearwardly, a radio receiving set in said drawer, said panel being located above said drawer so that when said drawer is in forward position and said panel is open, the light from said lamp will be directed downwardly on said radio receiving set, a bulls eye in said panel for transmitting light from said lamp and an annular handle pivoted on said panel and normally encircling said bulls eye.

7 A radio cabinet having a front door, a side door, said doors in their closed positions meeting at an angle at a corner of the cabinet, an antenna on said side door, and hinges at the upper and lower ends of said doors, each of said hinges comprising a movable hinge member secured to and lying along the horizontal end surface of each of said doors, the movable hinge members of each hinge having a common pivot offset from the corner of the cabinet and exterior of the planes of said doors, each of said hinges being secured to said cabinet and permitting movement of each of said doors through an angle of substantially 270 degrees.

8. A cabinet having a front door, a side door, an antenna on said side door, and a hinge for said doors comprising a hinge memher on each of said doors, said hinge members having a common pivot offset from the corner of said cabinet and permitting movement of each of said doors through an angle of substantially 270 degrees.

9. A rectangular cabinet having a door normally disposed along the side of said cabinet. a fixed wooden cabinet portion extending beyond the outer face of said door when in its normal position, and a flat hinge member secured to and set in the upper surface of said door and having an end projecting outwardly beyond the outer face of and beyond the end of'said door and pivoted be low the lower face of said fixed portion, permitting said door to be swung through an arc of 270 to a position along an adjacent side of said cabinet.

MARTIN NYSTROM. 

